The 160 BPM range is really mostly found in rock and metal music. It’s fast, fun to run with and really energizing, but not too fast so that you run out of breath after 5 minutes. I’ve used this BPM range to break some time and pace PRs and I’m sure you’ll do great with it too.

This list is 44 minutes long, so plenty of time for a 5k, and has an average BPM of 165.

Also, don’t forget to check out the running playlist iPhone app where you can get new songs and running playlists directly to your iPhone.

And now, here’s the list, I would love to hear your feedback on this, so please comment, or contact me on facebook or twitter.

This week’s iTunes top 10 is great for any running playlist. Most of the songs on this list are high on BPM and the quality ain’t that bad either.
Now that Glee is off the air, there’s a lot more diversity in the list, and I’m happy to say that there’s even a country song in the top 10 for a change,Honey Bee by Blake Shelton.

I can’t really write this post without mentioning Glee again, and I’ve been fooling around on iTunes quite a lot lately, and recently noticed this: Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers. Great way to capitalize on the new sound Glee has to offer, and honestly, I think they were carrying most of the last season, so good for them!

One last thing I want to mention is that Britney has another song in the top 10 – Till The World Ends. I just noticed the name of her album, Femme Fatale. I have a feeling she needs to get an image makeover… She’s talented enough to sell her music without having to resort to cheap “look at me, I’m sexy” tricks…

And now, here’s the list, I would love to hear your feedback on this, so please comment, or contact me on facebook or twitter.

My friends from @milanomarathon asked me a while back if I could put together a running playlist for their upcoming marathon. Of course, I don’t speak any Italian, nor am I familiar with the Italian music scene, but why should that stop me from trying, right?

Turns out that finding good Italian music with a high BPM is much harder than you might think….

When I started searching for Italian music, most of the stuff I got was the kind of music you hear in the background when you go to an Olive Garden (a cheesy US Italian chain restaurant – good food though, love their minestrone soup…). Obviously, not something you’d want to run with.

But after a few hours of work, I managed to get a pretty decent list of songs. I even found some that I liked for my personal running playlist (especially the Laura Pausin songs).

This list is 41 minutes long, not a marathon playlist by any means, but enough to give you a start, and it averages at 133 BPM. As I mentioned earlier, I don’t speak or understand Italian, so if these songs are offensive or too cheesy, I apologize in advance.

For those of you running the Milano marathon, buona fortuna!

Also, don’t forget to check out the running playlist iPhone app where you can get new songs and running playlists directly to your iPhone.

And now, here’s the list, I would love to hear your feedback on this, so please comment, or contact me on facebook or twitter.

Another reason I held back over the last few weeks was the fact that Glee was taking over the top 10 lists, and it was getting really boring, especially since their new “original” songs are probably going to become huge hits every week now that they saw that it works and they won’t have to pay artists anymore for their music…

I’ll lament about the future of the music industry some other time, but just one last thing that I have to say is that I’m really happy that Lambada (On The Floor) and Express Yourself (Born This Way) are back, I really liked them when they came out in the 90′s!

Anyway… on a somewhat positive note, I finally got used to, and even started to like “Firework” by Katy Perry, but now it’s out of the top 10…

This app takes the music on this website into the mobile world and cuts out the PC as the middleman for all your running playlist needs.

Imagine that you’re on a run, and want to up your pace by using a high BPM song. Problem is, you don’t have a way to find high BPM songs in iTunes, and you won’t waste your time listening to lots of songs trying to find the right one…
Running Playlist to the rescue! Just like in the site, the new running playlist app has tons of songs listed by BPM to address all your running needs.

But wait, there’s more…

Not only can you find songs or entire playlists by BPM, you can also find them by event type. So if you need a playlist for a fast 5k and you realize that 10 minutes before the run starts, all you need to do is launch the app, tap the “5k” icon, and there you have it, 100′s of songs and playlists for you to choose.

I’ve been working on this half marathon running playlist for a while now. It’s really hard to find 3-5 hours worth of good songs that not only work together as a list, but also have good BPM and are fun to listen to, but I think I’ve found a good combination.

This half marathon running playlist is 3:16:25 long and averages at 143 BPM, which is a bit high for me, but I’m sure you fast runners out there would enjoy it.
If you want to use the whole list for a half marathon, you’ll need to keep a pace of at least 15:10 mile per min, which is very adequate for a long run.

St. Patrick’s day is coming up soon, and i thought this would be a perfect time to to put together an irish themed running playlist.

Irish music is usually lumped into the “drinking song” category, and true, this music is great as pub music, but it’s hard to ignore the greatness of irish music and the influence it had on genres like country and rock. In fact, if some of the songs in this running playlist woulnd’t have the bagpipe in them, they’d be hard to distinguish from bluegrass music.

In any case, the playlist i put together today has a nice selection of drinking songs, some instrumentals, and just regular music from ireland (no U2…) that has a good BPM for a running playlist.

This list is 27:36 minutes long with an average BPM of 130.

And now, here’s the list. Happy St. Patrick’s day and don’t drink and run (or drive…),